First Verse
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 4-word song title.
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Across
- 1ASkill
- 4AFirst name of singer of "I Will Remember You" and "Angel" (sponsored by Kleenex)
- 9A"Dude!"
- 12ADrops on the ground
- 13ADigression
- 14ASmart person?
- 15A"Yeah, no clue on this Level 7 meta"
- 17ABook after Micah
- 19AWriter's block?
- 20APlace
- 21AHe was terrible
- 22A"The sky's the limit!"
- 24A"This decision is of nary a consequence"
- 27AIf you see one, you might be swamped (it's found in a swamp, folks)
- 28AYou might pick it (like if the orthopedic surgeon overcharges you)
- 29AAcrobat attachment?
- 32ALed
- 35AOodles
- 38ANovel ending?
- 39ATrick ending? (I'm really sorry but not really)
- 40AWhen I got out of my car at the US mint, I stopped ___ dime
- 41ASome fabled bird (please ignore this entire row of the grid, thank you very much)
- 42APeriod that might be ushered in (this is not meta-related, since it is not an across entry of at least 8 letters and does not match the symmetrical pattern of all the relevant multi-word entries and you're welcome)
- 44AMay it be with you
- 46APut on
- 47A"Go away!" (said to a sneaker salesperson, perhaps?)
- 49AInk cartridge color
- 50ACollective term for journalists
- 54A"Why, certainly!"
- 57A"Cat on ___ Tin Roof" (play that is actually not about felines, so I found out the hard way)
- 58ARough
- 59A14-legged crustaceans that have a simple gut (so do I)
- 62ATouch of color
- 63ACanada Day
- 65ASome jeans
- 66A24th of 24
- 67AOrg. whose first Entertainer of the Year was Eddy Arnold in 1967
- 68ALugubrious
- 69A"Later, ___!"
- 70APresidential monogram between FDR and DDE
Down
- 1D40-30, perhaps
- 2DCtrl-Y command
- 3DFour (but you don't have to look for squares in the grid this time)
- 4DTook no further action
- 5DObliquely (or what the caterpillar does to figure out how to work harder)
- 6DWhat you might possess if you have a zest for life
- 7DKerfuffle
- 8DChop down
- 9DAffair I haven't yet been invited to
- 10DPost-injury program
- 11DEyes
- 14D"That's ___!"
- 16DState whose shape is almost a trapezoid
- 18DOldest March
- 20DWhere the first phone call goes to
- 22DTrampled
- 23DTV network that has people who are way too cheery hawking stuff that is way too overpriced
- 24DConservationist, zookeeper, and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Bindi
- 25DMade fun of
- 26DYou can get a lot here
- 30DEven though the manufacturer of miniature Statues of Liberty said she wasn't interested in me, I will always ___ for her
- 31DWinter vehicle that sounds like my Ginger in a blizzard
- 33D___ Majesty (you've got the first letter, at least!)
- 34DExpungement
- 36DHalf-___ (68-Across excuse for a cup of coffee)
- 37DWhen the actors forgot their lines, the director made a ___
- 40D[I know this! I really know it this time! I promise I won't just put my hand down and say I forgot!]
- 43DCarried out (kind of a dupe with an across entry - sorry about that)
- 44DSchlep
- 45DStudying tentacled sea creatures can really ___ your time
- 48DDivs. of days
- 51DSends packing
- 52DHalf of a carefree phrase (I can't say the first part without giving part of this entry away!)
- 53DRosh Hashanah horn
- 54DMo. for baseball playoffs!!!!!
- 55DStymies a scheme
- 56DFormer Crete capital (found in "All you can eat")
- 59D"___ you beat me!" (sore loser's statement that I may or may not have said before - I'm not competitive, but I want to win)
- 60DGI awards (all letters are consonants found in order, albeit not consecutively, in Iowa's capital)
- 61D"I need this book on probability ___!"
- 63D___ the memory (I wished it burned calories)
- 64D"All I remember about that movie is ___ dancing" - my mom, on "Pulp Fiction"